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Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula

by Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain) · 1641

Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula by Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain)

Artist

Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain) was a France painter associated with the Baroque movement.

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Artwork

Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula is an oil painting on canvas of 1641 by Claude Lorrain, signed and dated by the artist. The work was produced for Fausto Poli, who two years later was made a cardinal by Pope Urban VIII. It is now in the National Gallery in London, which acquired it in 1824 as part of the collection of John Julius Angerstein.

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Artist
Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain)
Year
1641
Movement
Baroque
Country
France
Location
National Gallery